Pandemic prompts waivers, wider scopes of practice nationwide Could changes become permanent?
The inability to administer traditional licensing exams, the switch to online learning, telecommuting and telehealth, [...]
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Constitutional challenge of practice act may proceed
Reversing a trial court's dismissal of a suit challenging the constitutionality of a practice act, the Supreme Court of [...]
WV high court rejects denial of licensure for excessive debt
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, in a September 9 decision, overturned a ruling by the state's Board of Bar [...]
Texas: 6th state to end license suspension for unpaid student loans
The story of Roderick Scott, a middle-school teacher who suffered financial ruin in order to hang on to his teaching [...]
California latest state to end questions about attorneys’ mental health
A requirement that prospective lawyers indicate their mental health and sign over related medical records was ended in a [...]
Fewer than 1% of otherwise eligible license applicants denied over past convictions, Illinois says
Prior convictions are rarely the cause of a license denial, said the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional [...]
Court upholds licensing of applicant with 21 felony convictions
A real estate office employee who applied for a salesperson license won his appeal of the state Real Estate Commission's [...]
Panel not required to prove that applicant intentionally lied about felony conviction
The state real estate board was not required to show that a licensee knew his answer to an application question—in which [...]
Ban on funeral home/cemetery joint operation upheld as pro-competitive licensing rule
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin, in a June 27 decision, upheld the state's law prohibiting joint operation of funeral homes [...]
Late answer to charges, due to her attorney’s death, not basis for disciplining appraiser
An Illinois appellate court, in a March 23 ruling, overturned a decision by the state's Department of Financial and [...]